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In The Hall Of The Mountain King by Grieg

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In The Hall Of The Mountain King by Grieg

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In The Hall Of The Mountain King easy piano arrangement - Grieg’s famous scene from Ibsen’s Peer Gynt (Op. 46), with free PDF sheet music, background, and video tutorials.

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In The Hall Of The Mountain King by Grieg

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About the Piece

Edvard Grieg (1843–1907) wrote In The Hall Of The Mountain King as part of his incidental music for Henrik Ibsen’s play Peer Gynt in 1874–75, later extracting it into Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 (Op. 46). The piece accompanies Peer sneaking into the troll king’s hall. A short theme in B minor repeats again and again while the tempo quickens and the dynamics grow, creating a steady build from quiet footsteps to a noisy chase.

Its clear pattern, strong rhythm, and dramatic crescendo have made it one of the most recognisable pieces in classical music. Heard in films, cartoons, and concerts, it perfectly captures creeping tension turning into full pursuit, which is why it remains a crowd-pleaser for audiences of all ages.

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